One Woman's Opinion

Order Mary Buxton’s booksLife and love in the rural tidewater area of Virginia is a common thread that runs through nearly all of Mary Wakefield Buxton's books. The push and pull of old and new, North and South, man and woman, life and death, are discovered, illuminated and reflected upon in each of them. Such is the heart and soul of a writer.

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Grandmother’s Advice
As Easter approaches it is time to be grateful for the many blessings of life. One for me is memories of Grandmother Wakefield in the 1940s. She always had good advice to share with me.

04.09.2009

Take Tea and SeeBut, I wonder if I can sweet talk my husband Chip into joining me at noon on April 15? Would you, would you, dearest? That would, at least, make two of us. Not counting the dogs. Not exactly a revolution.

04.01.2009

La La Land, Part 4
Urbanna, Va.— This year’s discovery of the pen came to me while vacationing in Florida, or what I refer to as “La La Land.” I learned that La La Land is many things to many people. It is not just my escape to Florida each year; it is belief in escape or fantasy. Going off to La La Land is what forever attracts, if only because of the very human tendency to believe in fairy tales.

03.25.2009

La La Land, Part 3I stood on the lanai and blinked. Was such sudden transformation real? Or only a dream? One imagined he had discovered a way to escape . . . cheat Ole’ Man Winter and the entire month of January in the mystical realm of time, and fast forward to June.